diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 42fba851..eb9861dd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+dataclasses
 django
 base32-crockford
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d853492b..b6137740 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     install_requires=[
         "base32-crockford==0.3.0",
         "django==2.2",
+        "dataclasses==0.6",
     ],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [